Question: 2020 Fly fishing film festival

[Flysmallie]

14 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

So like Facebook is what you are saying?   My daughter had a great line.  
“I hope your real life is as good as the one you portray on FB”.  😂

Maybe, but I don't see much trash on Facebook. But let's be honest, that's how most fishing/hunting shows have always done it. And that's fine if you have really good content. But most of these tools spend so much energy and time making it perfect that all the videos end up being the same. At least when they make it on the Fly Fishing Film tour it's not a bunch of ramblings about what 47 bearing reel they used with the perfect rod, lure, line, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.....................

[snagged in outlet 3]

12 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

Maybe, but I don't see much trash on Facebook. But let's be honest, that's how most fishing/hunting shows have always done it. And that's fine if you have really good content. But most of these tools spend so much energy and time making it perfect that all the videos end up being the same. At least when they make it on the Fly Fishing Film tour it's not a bunch of ramblings about what 47 bearing reel they used with the perfect rod, lure, line, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.....................

I don’t have FB and the few FF films I’ve seen were just ok.  The latest Joe Humphrey one was a joke.  Looked like a pay to fish creek with no where for the trout to go.  I’m sure I’ll get harpooned for that comment like I did when I said that the first when someone posted it on here.  

[Flysmallie]

11 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I don’t have FB and the few FF films I’ve seen were just ok.  The latest Joe Humphrey one was a joke.  Looked like a pay to fish creek with no where for the trout to go.  I’m sure I’ll get harpooned for that comment like I did when I said that the first when someone posted it on here.  

I rarely watch any anymore. They all started to look and sound the same, after that I gave up. Just boring. Like I said, once it became about who wants to spend the most money to make a film it became less about who actually has the talent to create something good. 

[tjm]

Not amazing ??

I can see how one could make an outstanding instruction film for fly casting because most of the variables can be somewhat predicted or controlled, but when it come to actually fishing a true film would show a lot more casting and fishing and untangling than catching. A film could provide  good instruction on reading the water or gauging the weather from the sky maybe, but that sort of instruction usually doesn't grab a viewer's attention and hold it like faked catches.